Disabling Fire Weapon added to DGS

PSI delivered the Disabling Fire weapon to the Royal Netherlands Air Force as an addition to the Door Gunner Simulator. The weapon replicates an HK416 assault rifle, down to recoil and muzzle flash, and is completely wireless. It will be used to allow training of precision targeting during helicopter missions. The Dutch article and footage of the weapon can be found here, courtesy of the Dutch Ministry of Defense.

PSI Receives Patent for Heavy Gun Simulator

The Door Gunner Simulator (DGS) is a high fidelity training simulator made to be as immersive as possible. To increase the effectiveness of training in these simulators, the weapon systems are made as accurate as possible, down to weight and recoil. Pathfinder Systems was able to patent the methods used to make the heavy gun simulator as realistic as possible. See the full article here.

King Willem-Alexander visits PSI Door Gunner Simulator

The Door Gunner Simulator (DGS), built by PSI, was visited last week by the king of the Netherlands, King Willem-Alexander. DGS is part of many installed at the Gilze-Rijen airbase, and their use for military training was the focus of the visit. The simulators are being used for a variety of benefits, including the ability to simulate many environments and the reduced noise they produce when compared to the real thing.

The original Dutch article can be found here.